Bale-tie



(No Model.)

' W. P. RYLANDER.

BALE TIE.

No. 355,887. Patented Jan. 11, 1887.

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FATENT \VILLIAM P. RYLANDER, OF LOCKHART, TEXAS.

\ B A L E T I E EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,887, dated January 11, 1887.

Application filed September 17, 1886. Serial No. 213,816. No model.)

State of Texas, have invented a newand Improved BaleTie, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists, principally, of a baletie jaw stamped from sheet metal and formed with an open hook at one end standing in front of a curved edge,with an opening at the other for attachment to the bale-hoop, said opening being shaped to permit thejaw to have a pivotal side motion upon the hoop.

The invention also consists of the combination of two of such jaws applied to the balehoop to form a complete tie.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 illustrates mynew bale-tie applied to one end of the bale or hoop and open to receive the opposite end of the hoop. Fig. 2 illustrates the hooks connected to both ends of the hoop. the jaws, and Figs. -.t and are perspective views of the ends of the hoops folded to receive the hooks.

A A represent the two jaws of the tie, and- B B represent the bale-hoop,folded back upon itself at each end to form the loops d d. The jawsA are stamped from sheet metal, and are each formed with a hook, a, and opening 1) in line with the hook, which opening forms the bar 0. The opening bin each jaw is made triangular in form in the plate portion eof the jaw, one edge of the opening being parallel with the rear edge, f, of the jaw.

The two Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of edges of the hoop at the angles 9 of the open;

ings b of the jaws. The edges h of the jaws adjacent to the hooks a are curved to form space for the entrance of the loop d between the jaws.

In use thejaws are simply to beopened and the loops placed between the jaws, and then the jaws have simply to be closed in the loop, as shown in Fig. 2.

By constructing the tie as described the same is not only cheap, but very strong and easily operated, and may be used over and over again.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a bale tie jaw formed with a hook, a, bar 0, and curved edge 11 back of the hook, and formed with an opening, 0, in front of the bar, to permit a pivotal action of the hook at the edge of the bale-hoop,substantially as described.-

2. The balehoop B, formedwith loops d, in

combination with the two jaws A A, formed with hooks 0, bars 0, and triangular openings 2), substantially as described.

VILLI AM P. RYLANDER.

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